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Stack

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Phosphorus-Phosphates
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10233258
MAS/MILS ID 0020200032
Record type Site
Current site name Stack

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -157.5059, 68.60377 (WGS84)
Elevation 572
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

North Slope(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Howard Pass C-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Howard Pass NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Howard Pass C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Colville River(hydrologic unit)

Colville River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Arctic Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska(National Petroleum Reserve)

National Petroleum Reserve BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Umiat 010 S 024 W 03 NWSESW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Clg
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1991

Mining district

District name Colville Mining District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 BARITE RUBBLECROP GRAB SAMPLES RANGED FROM 428 PPM TO >2000 PPM BARIUM, 93.7% TO 97.36% BASO4, .01% TO .02% P2O5. SPECIFIC GRAVITY RANGED FROM 2.8 TO 3.7 IN THESE SAMPLES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-JUL-1994 Pld U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.